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my sister is a katrina survivor on the mississippi gulf coast. our family was blessed and survived all of that. it was really hard. and the one thing i would say is that any time an incumbent leader gets to show leadership, they're doing their job and it is one more reason to support them when they're up for re-election. but that's really what you call the benefits of incumbentship wouldn't you? >> jennifer: yeah. >> because the risk is also equally on the other side. if a leader does not step up in a time of need or crisis, it is equally deadly for them politically. >> jennifer: you have to hand it to mitt romney for at least encouraging people to donate to the red cross et cetera. i think that's a form of leadership as well. but clearly the president has the microphone at this point. we're seeing -- i'm curious about what we're seeing in terms of the fallout of the storm itself. we're seeing changes in early voting in states all along the eastern seaboard. do you think that's going to make a difference? will people go to the polls anyway just a
my sister is a katrina survivor on the mississippi gulf coast. our family was blessed and survived all of that. it was really hard. and the one thing i would say is that any time an incumbent leader gets to show leadership, they're doing their job and it is one more reason to support them when they're up for re-election. but that's really what you call the benefits of incumbentship wouldn't you? >> jennifer: yeah. >> because the risk is also equally on the other side. if a leader...
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that's katrina vanden heuvel bringing us a positive view. up next out to the doha qatar where it may not be so positive. leaders are meeting to talk about climate change though any discussion that doesn't include a way to get the medaling koch brothers is not going to change much of anything. that story is next let's rock and roll. there is so much going on that every day presents another exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that trade-offs are tough. things everyday exploding around the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. i want our viewer to understand why things have happened. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. >> today, new york city mayor bloomberg announced a plan top protect the city from future natural disasters but he said there were no magic bullets, you don't have t
that's katrina vanden heuvel bringing us a positive view. up next out to the doha qatar where it may not be so positive. leaders are meeting to talk about climate change though any discussion that doesn't include a way to get the medaling koch brothers is not going to change much of anything. that story is next let's rock and roll. there is so much going on that every day presents another exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall...
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because the city is -- especially post katrina has been built to withstand a lot of wind. and even if a category 5, katrina a few years ago outside of the high at downtown where the windows were blown out, by and large the damage didn't come from the wind. the damage came from the water. and the worry that i have with isaac is the fact it has slowed down and is just sitting there with wave and wave and wave of rain. i just pray it goes through louisiana and gets up to the midwest where we could use that rain. the more water that gets dumped the more danger the people are in. south of the city there is -- some of the levies are being over topped -- not significantly at this point, but they are over topped. again, it shows for years and years and years -- and the interesting thing and how you tied it into to watching the republican convention is we have to have a budget where everybody sacrifices. people in louisiana and the gulf coast have sacrificed for years. we put tax cuts ahead of building levies. and that's democrats and republicans fault for years ignoring these thin
because the city is -- especially post katrina has been built to withstand a lot of wind. and even if a category 5, katrina a few years ago outside of the high at downtown where the windows were blown out, by and large the damage didn't come from the wind. the damage came from the water. and the worry that i have with isaac is the fact it has slowed down and is just sitting there with wave and wave and wave of rain. i just pray it goes through louisiana and gets up to the midwest where we could...
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hurricane katrina. seven years earlier. and the pittable performance of george bush's fema under michael brown. bush had cut fema, cut the budget for fema. he had moved it from being a cabinet agency which it was under bill clinton down into the bowels of the then the commerce department i believe. because we didn't have a department of homeland security yet. and fema wasn't on the job. they didn't have the resources to be on the job. there it is. we remember that. it was -- it just brought disgrace to the bush administration. never really recovered from it. and that's what people are going to be -- it is the ghost the ghost of katrina and george w. bush now floating over this republican convention. but the third reason it is bad news is because over the last two years what have the republicans done? they have cut cut cut cut disaster relief spending, the very kind of relief that alabama and mississippi and louisiana and those states and those communities and the cities down there in the coastal plains need right now. it wo
hurricane katrina. seven years earlier. and the pittable performance of george bush's fema under michael brown. bush had cut fema, cut the budget for fema. he had moved it from being a cabinet agency which it was under bill clinton down into the bowels of the then the commerce department i believe. because we didn't have a department of homeland security yet. and fema wasn't on the job. they didn't have the resources to be on the job. there it is. we remember that. it was -- it just brought...
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he's one of 11 congressional members who days after hurricane katrina voted against $51.8 billion in relief spending in louisiana and mississippi. and now, just days after hurricane sandy he obviously has not changed his tune. and it is that kind of radical radical/insane thinking that's gotten him into his tightest re-election race yet. the latest ppp poll has him running three points ahead of his democratic opponent, christie vilsack. 48% to 45% in iowa. congressman king is not alone. several of his fellow representatives from tea party crazytown are in the political fights of their lives as well. begin with minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann. she's off the charts in name recognition. she raised $18 million more than her democratic opponent jim graves. her district has an 8% republican registration edge but still she only leads graves by 6 points. florida congressman allen west, he's raised $17 million compared to the $3.5 million of his democratic opponent patrick murphy. but polls show murphy leading west 48% to 47%. and, of course, we just cannot forget illinois congressma
he's one of 11 congressional members who days after hurricane katrina voted against $51.8 billion in relief spending in louisiana and mississippi. and now, just days after hurricane sandy he obviously has not changed his tune. and it is that kind of radical radical/insane thinking that's gotten him into his tightest re-election race yet. the latest ppp poll has him running three points ahead of his democratic opponent, christie vilsack. 48% to 45% in iowa. congressman king is not alone. several...
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this is why katrina is such an unfortunate metaphor or image with the backdrop of katrina one of the government's worse moment of competent. >> and we had a democratic governor down there. and when you pick up the phone and dial 911 an emergency you don't expect to get the white house. you expect local responders. we had a democratic mayor and governor down there. you can't put the full blame of katrina on president bush. but let me say on this tax fairness idea, i'm all for that. but i don't hear from liberals enough saying let's make sure that everyone is paying some form of payment. we have reports of 49% of americans are not paying taken taxes. we can talk about taxing the rich and trying to get more from the wealthy, but we're not going to get there we're not going to be able to achieve the revenue that some liberals are talking about spending if we just tax the rich. >> eliot: let me correct you on that. you said 50% don't pay income taxes but virtually everyone pays sales tax payroll tax consumption taxes. it's just a conservative bugaboo and it's flat out dead wrong that 50%
this is why katrina is such an unfortunate metaphor or image with the backdrop of katrina one of the government's worse moment of competent. >> and we had a democratic governor down there. and when you pick up the phone and dial 911 an emergency you don't expect to get the white house. you expect local responders. we had a democratic mayor and governor down there. you can't put the full blame of katrina on president bush. but let me say on this tax fairness idea, i'm all for that. but i...
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>> eliot: we're talking about a different type of force, drones with katrina van den hoofen. does it work military taylor does it work institutionally. keith ellison in after effort to overturn citizens united and great conversation we're going to have. and then zach walls a powerful voice out of iowa about same-sex couples. and get elected if they don't on back to the middle. david catanese, political reporter at politico. and mcday coppins, political reporter for buzzfeed. when we come back, gay rights seemed to have a victory in washington. it was pulled back. the guy who pulled it back. the guy who is against gay marriage will be on the program. we will have an interesting conversation when we return. >> speaking against the vocal (vo) now, it's your turn. (vo) connect with the young turks with cenk uygur. >> it's go time.
>> eliot: we're talking about a different type of force, drones with katrina van den hoofen. does it work military taylor does it work institutionally. keith ellison in after effort to overturn citizens united and great conversation we're going to have. and then zach walls a powerful voice out of iowa about same-sex couples. and get elected if they don't on back to the middle. david catanese, political reporter at politico. and mcday coppins, political reporter for buzzfeed. when we come...
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. >> in 2005 anderson cooper got a lot of attention for his coverage of hurricane katrina. he was outraged and emotional. and then he got a $1 million advance to do a memoir. he had his contract doubled at cnn, making $4 million. >> cenk: that sounds good. >> right? we calculated as a staff who are the 50 most powerful gay and lesbian americans. he was number two, and he was at a really powerful place in his career. he had a big show. here was this guy who pretty much already knew in media who was gay. he had a huge amount of platform and power the way we looked at it at the time was reporting the truth. >> cenk: shana you think by definition he came out too late? you think he should have come out in 2007. >> it would have been nice to see him come out. the letter that he wrote is beautiful, gorgeous. he's a great writer, articulate, emotional. i think it would have been nice to see. done for sure. just by saying that we opened the door for a lot of media to report on the fact that we had said that he was gay until we got to this point where today there was almost no surpri
. >> in 2005 anderson cooper got a lot of attention for his coverage of hurricane katrina. he was outraged and emotional. and then he got a $1 million advance to do a memoir. he had his contract doubled at cnn, making $4 million. >> cenk: that sounds good. >> right? we calculated as a staff who are the 50 most powerful gay and lesbian americans. he was number two, and he was at a really powerful place in his career. he had a big show. here was this guy who pretty much already...
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because katrina turns from a 4 down to like a 3 to a 2 when it hit landfall. and that avoided some of the worst at landfall but because it was a 4 before landfall, it built up that 20-foot storm surge which destroyed my brother's home. he lived in mississippi. a mile inland, he had 20 feet of water in his house. >> bill: joe, so good of you to get up early for us this morning. appreciate your good work and you joining us as on as you do. you can follow joe romm at thinkprogress.org and follow him at twitter at climate progress. hurricane season, here we go. ready to go. be prepared! starting tomorrow. thanks, joe romm. >> thank you, bill. >> bill: we will get back to voter suppression. hurricane of a different sort here and what's happening in state after state after state especially down in the state of florida. look, the truth of it is if you're a democrat, particularly if you're latino or african-american, republican governors don't want you to be able to vote and they'll make it as difficult as they can for you to vote. street. >>the leadership of high fin
because katrina turns from a 4 down to like a 3 to a 2 when it hit landfall. and that avoided some of the worst at landfall but because it was a 4 before landfall, it built up that 20-foot storm surge which destroyed my brother's home. he lived in mississippi. a mile inland, he had 20 feet of water in his house. >> bill: joe, so good of you to get up early for us this morning. appreciate your good work and you joining us as on as you do. you can follow joe romm at thinkprogress.org and...
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>> eliot: we're talking about a different type of force, drones with katrina van den hoofen. does it work military taylor, does it work institutionally. keith ellison in after effort to overturn citizens united and great conversation we're going to have. and then zach walls a powerful voice out of iowa about same-sex couples. the new study of raising kids with same-sex couples and the progress he has made with the boy scouts. >> cenk: i'm sure the audience knows where i stand after the last segment. i love all three of those topics i can't wait. >> eliot: thanks. >> cenk: all right, and when we come back, our clown of the day, who is it going to be and why? this is awesome. you won't want to miss this. >> i love rudy eugene. >> with gloria allred at her side, yovonka bryant said she dated the so-called miami cannibal. home of the brave. ♪ ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram. in 2012 alone. go to our website, current.com. up next it's out to the campaign trail. a surp
>> eliot: we're talking about a different type of force, drones with katrina van den hoofen. does it work military taylor, does it work institutionally. keith ellison in after effort to overturn citizens united and great conversation we're going to have. and then zach walls a powerful voice out of iowa about same-sex couples. the new study of raising kids with same-sex couples and the progress he has made with the boy scouts. >> cenk: i'm sure the audience knows where i stand after...
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president bush's handling of hurricane katrina was one of the worst in history. so far the president is doing his job well. chris christie has congratulated him and praised him for his response. here is the president was a briefing yesterday. a couple of other questions in play here, how will this impact campaign momentum and effect early voting? >> most of the states in hurricane sandy's report do not have early voting. maryland does and it has closed its early voting today, but president obama is expected to win that state easily. so far republicans are ahead in early voting in florida and colorado, but democrats have the edge in north carolina, nevada and ohio. that of course is based off of the number of registered people who have cast their ballots. more bill press is coming up after the break and we are live in chat, and would love to see you there. current tv/bill press. thomas jefferson said that a successful democracy depended on an informed electorate. our country's future depends on you. to help you make informed decisions, watch current tv's political
president bush's handling of hurricane katrina was one of the worst in history. so far the president is doing his job well. chris christie has congratulated him and praised him for his response. here is the president was a briefing yesterday. a couple of other questions in play here, how will this impact campaign momentum and effect early voting? >> most of the states in hurricane sandy's report do not have early voting. maryland does and it has closed its early voting today, but...
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the other three states hit by hurricane katrina. scott walker is 50th. isn't he dead last in job creation? >> i can't speak to that. i'll look up the numbers. i'll tell you something. one of the things we know is he has not been focusing on job creation. he's been focusing on saving his hiney. that's all he has done for the last 18 months. he's actually an incredibly effective candidate. he's a terrible governor. you'll hear this from people who are his critics. this is what makes this such an important election. these tactics have to be beaten back. >> stephanie: what's happening on a larger scale nationally would you say with the tea party because in texas where mitt romney effectively clinched the nomination yesterday, the senate race is the most expensive in this election cycle. some $25 million has been spent on behalf candidates looking to replace kay bailey hutchison. you have a tea party guy and an establishment guy. there is going to be a prunoff. >> the runoff is in july. here's what's so interesting about this. guy cruise is backed with sarah
the other three states hit by hurricane katrina. scott walker is 50th. isn't he dead last in job creation? >> i can't speak to that. i'll look up the numbers. i'll tell you something. one of the things we know is he has not been focusing on job creation. he's been focusing on saving his hiney. that's all he has done for the last 18 months. he's actually an incredibly effective candidate. he's a terrible governor. you'll hear this from people who are his critics. this is what makes this...
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obama in 2007 talking to a black crowd about the bush administration's failed response to hurricane katrina. republicans are highly critical saying it shows the president appealing to racial solidarity. they are touting it as a newly uncovered clip. this was already reported on in 2007 when it happened and much of that reporting came from the very same news organizations who today are calling this new video. the obama campaign said it's a desperate attempt to shift the conversation away from romney's 47% remark and obama spokesman ben leebolt said if the republicans are going for this sort of attack at the debate tonight, they are in for a surprise. more coming up after the break. stay with us. you're about to watch an ad message created by a current tv viewer for capella university. matter. education is the key. it is the vehicle. it's the way in which we evolve. every journey is different every possibility is unique. but the beginning, the beginning is my craft. i'm an ordinary person striving to achieve extraordinary things. it started with a dream and i'm on my way there. hershey's drop
obama in 2007 talking to a black crowd about the bush administration's failed response to hurricane katrina. republicans are highly critical saying it shows the president appealing to racial solidarity. they are touting it as a newly uncovered clip. this was already reported on in 2007 when it happened and much of that reporting came from the very same news organizations who today are calling this new video. the obama campaign said it's a desperate attempt to shift the conversation away from...
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then you get a republican president in a time like hurricane katrina and you kind of see -- you kind of see what happens when you just derived government and then you need and then all of a sudden, it doesn't perform to people's expectations. it is a self-fulfilling prophecy. she's absolutely right. the job reports would be better if so many public sector employees weren't being laid off. >> bill: yeah. and the house republicans had a chance -- there was a bill from part of the president's job he broke it down into bite-size pieces. juan was to keep teachers and firefighters and police officers on the job. >> shouldn't be a crazy investment to keep teachers, police officers and firefighters on the job. >> bill: one wouldn't think. it is "full court press" here monday, april 9. our guest is the communications director of the dnc. brad woodhouse. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have
then you get a republican president in a time like hurricane katrina and you kind of see -- you kind of see what happens when you just derived government and then you need and then all of a sudden, it doesn't perform to people's expectations. it is a self-fulfilling prophecy. she's absolutely right. the job reports would be better if so many public sector employees weren't being laid off. >> bill: yeah. and the house republicans had a chance -- there was a bill from part of the...
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that's what george bush said in the plane flying over katrina. >> there's a lot of water down there. >> stephanie: there's no small amount of rumbling on the right. some republicans labeled him judas christie and rush limbaugh called the governor -- wait for it -- fat. [♪ circus music ♪] >> and accused him of being addicted to oxycontin. >> we have some other comments come up in the right-wing world about chris christie. >> stephanie: really? here is [ inaudible ] with -- >> the guy who's numbers are too gay -- >> stephanie: yeah. seven polls released in ohio obama plus two, obama plus three, obama plus five hashtag not that complicated. he write ts now watch in frustration, only a single romney-leading poll probably from rasmussen. apparently the pollsters are all effeminate pollsters too. please stop letting facts get in the way of the gop narrative. >> for a numbers guy he has an awesome sense of humor. >> stephanie: yeah. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: after brutal polling day, romney team reassures they are going to win. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: not inc
that's what george bush said in the plane flying over katrina. >> there's a lot of water down there. >> stephanie: there's no small amount of rumbling on the right. some republicans labeled him judas christie and rush limbaugh called the governor -- wait for it -- fat. [♪ circus music ♪] >> and accused him of being addicted to oxycontin. >> we have some other comments come up in the right-wing world about chris christie. >> stephanie: really? here is [...
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somehow he was just above louisiana which had just experienced hurricane katrina. i think we have seen what his experience has done for the state of massachusetts he sports the ryan bucket which would be a disaster for most middle class families. >> we are the democratic party and there is a wide range, this new democratic wing where they think that you should be kinder to the business community and coddle wall street and things like that. which it's just not our opinion. we are just saying that if mitt romney says his piz experience was, it would not make him a better president. it would make him a worse approximately. [you talk to voters in richmond and ohio where there has been independent focus groups, stan greenberg, wal-mart. purple state strategies a bi-partisan firm all say same thing when people have more income about mitt romney's experience, they have pause. and they were citing ads e we are going to keep going on this. >> if he stopped talking about it you would? >> he talks about it every single day. >> that is his lemon aid stand. >> lemons. >> bill b
somehow he was just above louisiana which had just experienced hurricane katrina. i think we have seen what his experience has done for the state of massachusetts he sports the ryan bucket which would be a disaster for most middle class families. >> we are the democratic party and there is a wide range, this new democratic wing where they think that you should be kinder to the business community and coddle wall street and things like that. which it's just not our opinion. we are just...
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louisiana could not have handled katrina. let's be honest. new jersey could not have handled this by itself. >> bill: right. >> that's just a fact. >> bill: joe courtney told us vid from connecticut, the wealthiest per capita state in the nation. he said we cannot handle this storm rebuilding without fema. >> right. so i think when you look at that that's definitely a shift of the dynamics. the other part is people have mildly started feeling better about the economy. it is not -- you still have the wrong track -- right track numbers which are upside down in negative way. but they -- they're not -- we're not talking about the margins that they used to have which were in some cases like 30 plus points. now they're down to in some cases 10 points or so. that is, again, people feeling better about where the economy is today as well as where the economy is going. that's something that's helping the president. that's why i think a lot of -- a lot of people will be focusing on this job number on friday. how does this job number -- does it feed a ro
louisiana could not have handled katrina. let's be honest. new jersey could not have handled this by itself. >> bill: right. >> that's just a fact. >> bill: joe courtney told us vid from connecticut, the wealthiest per capita state in the nation. he said we cannot handle this storm rebuilding without fema. >> right. so i think when you look at that that's definitely a shift of the dynamics. the other part is people have mildly started feeling better about the economy. it...
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. >> stephanie: wolf businesser during hurricane katrina. >> i got an email from somebody that said we look like kids passing notes in class. >> stephanie: that's right. somebody did a handy dandy graphic on the clinton -- the great clinton line on arithmetic. but, yeah, it's easily understandable. these are -- during the democrats -- during -- excuse me, 24 years in office, created 42 million jobs. during 28 years in office republicans have created 24 million jobs. >> true. >> stephanie: which is roughly half. >> arithmetics. >> stephanie: yeah. zero auto jobs created if romney had let detroit go bankrupt. zero private sector jobs created by republicans who blocked obama's jobs act. so that's where the jobs are boner. >> we want jobs! real jobs! just throw them out! >> stephanie: don't you wish tom brokaw had interviewed john boehner during the show while he was hopped up on ambien -- >> [ mumbling ] . >> stephanie: okay. okay. >> and then brokaw -- >> i need a translator to understand what you are on about. >> stephanie: [ laughter ] >> stephanie: do you know what he is apparently on
. >> stephanie: wolf businesser during hurricane katrina. >> i got an email from somebody that said we look like kids passing notes in class. >> stephanie: that's right. somebody did a handy dandy graphic on the clinton -- the great clinton line on arithmetic. but, yeah, it's easily understandable. these are -- during the democrats -- during -- excuse me, 24 years in office, created 42 million jobs. during 28 years in office republicans have created 24 million jobs. >>...
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i fell in love with him during katrina. don't give me that b.s. about fema doing a good job. i'm down here. >> shep has a real authenticity and a voice. he's also -- people don't understand how good he is. i've watched him on the fly. i've watched him when breaking news blows apart his run-down. and he can execute a breaking news situation as good as just about anyone in the business right now. >> bill: absolutely. major garrett -- [ laughter ] >> whatever. >> bill: major garrett is here. >> by the way, i was reading what shep just sent me. >> bill: major is a "friend of bill" for this whole hour. we'll be joined by stephanie from emily's list. she a good night tuesday night too. but first, what have you got dan? >> now that he helped his boss win re-election, vice president joe biden on to other fun projects. he's making a cameo on tv. e. online reports he's making a guest appearance on parks and recreation playing himself. amy poehler plays the woman leslie on the show. she's had a long crush on biden. in the show, she describes her ideal man as having the brains of george
i fell in love with him during katrina. don't give me that b.s. about fema doing a good job. i'm down here. >> shep has a real authenticity and a voice. he's also -- people don't understand how good he is. i've watched him on the fly. i've watched him when breaking news blows apart his run-down. and he can execute a breaking news situation as good as just about anyone in the business right now. >> bill: absolutely. major garrett -- [ laughter ] >> whatever. >> bill:...
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then remember what happened with katrina. >> bill: down in san antonio hello, kathy. >> caller: good morning, bill. thank you for giving us a sane alternative. >> bill: to you know what. yes. >> caller: i wanted to say one of the problems was -- >> bill: hey, turn your radio or tv down in the background. >> caller: sorry. >> bill: little distracting. that's it. all right. >> caller: there are problems, situations that are too vast for the states. one being -- which was one i think one of the first accomplishments of the obama administration was the development and the dissemination of the vaccine for that new virus that popped up, h1n1. it killed the group in between and that was an unbelievable accomplishment and the democrats never brag about it. >> bill: i forgot about that. but there are many, many, many roles where things -- look at our federal interstate highway system, right? look at the air traffic air-traffic controller system. there are some things -- look at the defense of our country. but it is not just the military. there's some things -- look at our transportation syste
then remember what happened with katrina. >> bill: down in san antonio hello, kathy. >> caller: good morning, bill. thank you for giving us a sane alternative. >> bill: to you know what. yes. >> caller: i wanted to say one of the problems was -- >> bill: hey, turn your radio or tv down in the background. >> caller: sorry. >> bill: little distracting. that's it. all right. >> caller: there are problems, situations that are too vast for the states....
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that's the whole difference, karl, hurricane katrina, everybody saw what happened. this was the exact opposite. it wasn't just a photo op. it was the republican governor explaining everything the president had done. >> right. >> i could have done that. >> they felt it was different too. i keep waiting for this moment on fox news where -- like in the wizard of oz when it goes from black and white to tech any color? >> yeah. >> i'm waiting for it to go back to black and white on fox news. that's when things go back to normal. until then we have to watch these flying monkeys. >> stephanie: it literally has become like the simpson's old man shaking his stick at the clouds. >> right. >> stephanie: rush limbaugh. >> we are outnumbered and losing ground. this was not a glitch. this is the trend that happened last night. this is the trend. we outnumbers. whether you want to put it in terms of have we lost the country or not, there is no other explanation. i don't care if there are more republicans that didn't vote. why didn't they? >> stephanie: it is going to be hard to ha
that's the whole difference, karl, hurricane katrina, everybody saw what happened. this was the exact opposite. it wasn't just a photo op. it was the republican governor explaining everything the president had done. >> right. >> i could have done that. >> they felt it was different too. i keep waiting for this moment on fox news where -- like in the wizard of oz when it goes from black and white to tech any color? >> yeah. >> i'm waiting for it to go back to black...
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romney's massachusetts was 47th in concentration, the only states behind him were those hit by hurricane katrina. >> president carter. >> no [ inaudible ]. >> oh, okay. >> eric boehlert remains in the side car. rick -- somebody -- >> he is a fox news straight anchor. >> meantime governor romney started the week giving an interview saying he leaves in a vast left-wing conspiracy within the media. >> well that is a fact rate tactic of pretty much every presidential campaign -- >> but isn't it true -- >> isn't it true? >> now he is playing the victim card everywhere he goes. >> yeah, yeah because america loves a whiner. >> yeah. especially a really rich duffy one. >> i don't think that's how ronald reagan got elected but in the movement if you are a candidate, you have to go around whining about the press and a vast come conspiracy and other things. it seems like something you have to do in the primary, and i can't imagine any of that being of any interest to general election voters. but it -- it has become sort of an unpleasant part of the right-wing dna. >> you know what he should be complaining
romney's massachusetts was 47th in concentration, the only states behind him were those hit by hurricane katrina. >> president carter. >> no [ inaudible ]. >> oh, okay. >> eric boehlert remains in the side car. rick -- somebody -- >> he is a fox news straight anchor. >> meantime governor romney started the week giving an interview saying he leaves in a vast left-wing conspiracy within the media. >> well that is a fact rate tactic of pretty much every...
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. >> in fairness he was only 47th because of hurricane katrina. >> right. he would have done even worst if there wasn't a natural disaster. maybe god a mormon. just saying. bill o'reilly >> i don't belief this is a winner for president obama to attack capitalism through mitt romney. "wall street journal" is all over him. it just looks like it reinforces some people's belief that the president is a socialist. >> some say. >> some say. >> just saying you know. >> oh bill o'reilly. >> oh, bill. >> yeah, you have to get up really, really early to confuse bill o'reilly, and get him to go off of the same exact talking points as the rest of fox news, but for him -- >> go ahead. >> go ahead. >> no i was going to say -- >> for -- >> no you first -- >> no -- [ laughter ] >> they were going to do this first of all with any kind of attack on mitt romney, it is going to be unfair. >> they are going to call president obama at any of the litany of ists they have been practicing on him. communist, socialist maxist pianist. [ laughter ] >> regardless of what he says mind yo
. >> in fairness he was only 47th because of hurricane katrina. >> right. he would have done even worst if there wasn't a natural disaster. maybe god a mormon. just saying. bill o'reilly >> i don't belief this is a winner for president obama to attack capitalism through mitt romney. "wall street journal" is all over him. it just looks like it reinforces some people's belief that the president is a socialist. >> some say. >> some say. >> just saying...
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it would have been 50th if it weren't for hurricane katrina doing so much damage to the gulf states. he brought this down to 47th in job creation. i don't think we want that for our country. >> have we seen the real romney? i hear him say, you need somebody like a businessman but do we really know what he would do? have we seen the real romney agenda? >> only by accident when he had that hot mic moment at the fundraiser a couple of weeks ago when he was talking about getting rid of hud and really reducing the role of the department of education for the basic function to fight teachers' unions. that was some of the glimpse of his proposed policy making. >> well, basically the bush economic policies accept updated. >> double down on trickle down. you know, i think people -- >> big defending? what was the bush economic policy government expansion. that doesn't make sense because mitt romney is talking about smaller government. >> not paying for anything. >> not paying for a thing. i think people get caught up is mitt romney left? is mitt romney right? he has embraced some far right posi
it would have been 50th if it weren't for hurricane katrina doing so much damage to the gulf states. he brought this down to 47th in job creation. i don't think we want that for our country. >> have we seen the real romney? i hear him say, you need somebody like a businessman but do we really know what he would do? have we seen the real romney agenda? >> only by accident when he had that hot mic moment at the fundraiser a couple of weeks ago when he was talking about getting rid of...
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the gsa i had more subcommittee hearings than anybody else in the congress because it was right after katrina. >> bill: oh, yeah. >> there was a lot to do. but if the truth be told, the reason that you hear a lot of anger in the congress is that the congress wants to show that it is on top of it and looking into it but in a separation of powers government, you can embarrass the administration if the administration doesn't go at it. the president usurped that role for us because he took out the people who had done it and you can do "oversight" but in terms of enforcement nothing. >> bill: congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, so good to have you in studio. >> thank you very much. >> bill: come back again soon. >> congratulations on your new show. >> bill: love it. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. ah, claim trouble. [ dennis ] you should just
the gsa i had more subcommittee hearings than anybody else in the congress because it was right after katrina. >> bill: oh, yeah. >> there was a lot to do. but if the truth be told, the reason that you hear a lot of anger in the congress is that the congress wants to show that it is on top of it and looking into it but in a separation of powers government, you can embarrass the administration if the administration doesn't go at it. the president usurped that role for us because he...
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and krugman -- paul krugman's column today is all about the response between sandy and katrina and just laying out there saying -- you know, big government isn't the enemy. you know. he quotes the old ronald reagan line where reagan got cheers. i'm from the government. i'm here to help. >> stephanie: rude, chris christie proved obama's point better than anyone ever could have that he has always been bipartisan. has always reached you know, across the aisle to help anybody who will work with him. >> yep. that's one of the missing narratives from this campaign. >> stephanie: it blew romney's whole closing argument. like that scene in "brute almighty" -- "bruce almighty." >> someone in the chat room said we have a chris christie like character and that would be alan grayson. that's a very good point. >> yeah. if we could get the right to stop, you know, stop trying to swat him down every time that he gets some traction. >> stephanie: yeah. exactly. oh, that's just -- that's just rude. >> stephanie: a lot of these -- he's up against a tea bagger. he's going to win. we're having jim on today
and krugman -- paul krugman's column today is all about the response between sandy and katrina and just laying out there saying -- you know, big government isn't the enemy. you know. he quotes the old ronald reagan line where reagan got cheers. i'm from the government. i'm here to help. >> stephanie: rude, chris christie proved obama's point better than anyone ever could have that he has always been bipartisan. has always reached you know, across the aisle to help anybody who will work...
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the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] ♪ katrina and the waves ♪ >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's "the stephanie miller show." ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ and it's time to feel good ♪ ♪ hey, all right now ♪ ♪ and it's time to feel good ♪ >> stephanie: don't eat the other puppy. someone posted puppies like naked face-eating zombie. >> i posted it up on your facebook page. >> stephanie: don't do that. no facebook. >> no, puppy. don't eat the face. >> stephanie: speaking of which, tom in elgin sent me a picture of his puppies. another unsolicited testimonial. >> the newest recipient of the wonders at cedar side. opal. our lab beagle mix is a rescue. got through mobile mutts. an organization that transports dogs from shelters down south and brings them to fosters in larger facilities to make their lives better. we volunteer to take dogs overnight so they can relax. from the drives. opal entered our house and our hearts so we decided to adopt her. we love each other. [ applause ] get the puppy's face out of your mouth. all right.
the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] ♪ katrina and the waves ♪ >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's "the stephanie miller show." ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ and it's time to feel good ♪ ♪ hey, all right now ♪ ♪ and it's time to feel good ♪ >> stephanie: don't eat the other puppy. someone posted puppies like naked face-eating zombie. >> i posted it up on your facebook page. >>...
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this is barack obama's katrina moment. for gorge bush hurricane katrina was a significant turning point in undermining his aura as you say with the public because there was a mismatch between what his administration was saying and what people could see on their television sets. so for barack obama he has got to get this right, because otherwise people will see this as political disaster and another point, you know, he has got to make sure that this isn't politicized. >> jennifer: how do you do that when you are one week before an election? >> sure. i think he has done a good job of reaching out to both republican and democratic governors and mayors. george bush -- his administration provided some help to republican governors that democratic governors didn't get. new orleans wasn't included in the federal state of emergency. >> jennifer: and james do you think, first of all that the decision to halt the campaigns, for example, that is a no-brainer, right? >> yeah absolutely. and i think particularly in the case of obama tal
this is barack obama's katrina moment. for gorge bush hurricane katrina was a significant turning point in undermining his aura as you say with the public because there was a mismatch between what his administration was saying and what people could see on their television sets. so for barack obama he has got to get this right, because otherwise people will see this as political disaster and another point, you know, he has got to make sure that this isn't politicized. >> jennifer: how do...